Netflix's Biggest Critic Responds With His Own Paid Service
- FX to offer on-demand service to Cox’s 4 million customers
- Network adds rights to 15 more shows, including ‘Atlanta’
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Tired of people watching its shows on Netflix and Amazon, FX Networks is persuading pay-TV operators to sell an alternative: FX+, a paid service offering hits “American Horror Story” and “Atlanta” without advertisements.
The network on Monday announced plans to make FX+ available for $5.99 a month to the 4 million or so people who pay Cox Communications Inc., which joins Comcast Corp. in selling the service. FX, owned by 21st Century Fox Inc., is in the process of making deals with other pay-TV providers that will be announced in the coming months.